The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 4

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

• Under Trump, conservatives reignite a battle over race and the Constitution (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• How Donald Trump Is Transforming Executive Power (Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker)
• Trans Surgery Case Will Test Scope of Workplace Anti-Bias Law (Mary Anne Pazanowski, Bloomberg Law)
• The Roberts court and the imperial presidency (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
• University of California Schools Illegally Used Racial Preferences in Admissions, Lawsuit Alleges (Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal)